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Unfortunately, Kutter Crawford is having a bad streak right now. The right-handed pitcher, who is 28 years old, has lost his last three starts on the mound. On Wednesday, he lost 8-4 to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium after allowing five runs or more in each of them.

The Red Sox fell 1.5 games behind Kansas City for the third and last AL Wild Card slot as Crawford gave up six runs in just four innings of work. Crawford, who was a dependable arm for Boston early in the season, is worried about this trend.

His ERA dropped to 3.04 following seven shutout innings against the Royals on July 13, and he had eight consecutive six-inning performances going into the All-Star break.

Yet, things have gone downhill ever since. In his four starts since the break, Crawford has failed to complete six innings, and his ERA has skyrocketed to 4.11. Prior to his start against the Royals, he had a record-setting twelve home runs allowed in three outings (since at least 1901).

However, he faced a different challenge in Kansas City: Crawford held Kansas City to a single run after Bobby Witt Jr. hit a solo home run off of him in the first inning. The one who lost control was him. In the fourth inning, the Royals scored five runs off of an 11-pitch walk to MJ Melendez, which Crawford equaled for the season-high in walks with two.

“Four strolls. Not something he does. He had them down 0-2 in their last two at-bats, didn’t he? Witt was down two runs when he doubled down the line. “He was in a position to put the leadoff hitter away” when he was 0-2.

Melendez got the inning started off with a solid at-bat. There’s a 50/50 pitch on the fourth ball. It was a ball, and we couldn’t stop it. Part of Crawford’s strategy is to regularly get batters to 0-2 counts.

He ranked sixteenth among players who have faced 400 or more hitters going into Wednesday, with a strikeout rate of 23.7% to 0-2. At 29.1%, White Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is the best in the league.

Cardinals’ leadoff walks are a game-changing sin, according to Crawford. Meledandez had a solid at-bat, and I give him props for it. He fouled off what I thought were pitches I made. That putaway pitch was simply not in my wheelhouse.

I was the one who dug the hole. Plus, they hit a slew of solid pitches that I got ahead of in a number of my at-bats. They exhausted me. But certainly, I can’t walk a four-legged man. The Red Sox’s woes with their rotation make Crawford’s current slump all the more concerning.

The Red Sox are in the thick of a playoff chase, and starting pitcher Brock Crawford is having a tough time giving his team a chance to win. Pregame, it was reported that Nick Pivetta will not be starting his next game due to a decrease in velocity.

What Crawford described as “a really rough stretch I’m going through right now” was exactly that. This is without a doubt the most worst job I have ever had. But tomorrow is still a new day, so there’s hope.

We need to be present and keep plugging away. “I am in a nice mood…. Everything was fine; I’ve just been getting pummeled. Because of that, it’s a bit more annoying. Feeling fine, but still losing ground in the batting circle.

Since the break, Boston’s offense has been on fire, but defense has been a sticking point. Since the All-Star Game, the Red Sox have a 5.96 team ERA, which ranks them 29th in MLB. Houck, Crawford, and Pivetta have all had bad patches.

As a staff, Crawford admitted, “we’ve been struggling a little bit” recently. I have nothing but praise for the offensive. Have been carrying us since the All-Star break. They have been making a mess of it.

As a team, we need to go back to the drawing board and keep plugging away. We will overcome this obstacle. Boston nevertheless managed to take two of three from Kansas City, despite the rocky starts.

As a result, they won the season series and the postseason tiebreaker. After losing their first three games of the second half, the Red Sox have won their last three series in a row. We were competent. A pair of series victories on the road, according to Cora. “Go home and take care of business,” I told you.